Last week, social media and other platforms were abuzz with the standoff between award-winning poet Vendaboy Poet, local artists and well-known Vhembe businessman Mr Muvenda Talukanyani Ndou.
The standoff was the result of the alleged underpayment of artists billed for the Poetry and Literary Calabash to be held at the Khoroni Hotel's Moo Bar on 15 December.
Also embroiled in the dispute was businessman Mr Muvenda Ndou, who cried that his idea was used, and he was not paid for the effort.
Before the dust could settle and while everyone was still trying to figure out what would become of the show and the relationship between the artists, Vendaboy Poet posted pictures on his Facebook page of himself and Muvenda Ndou at one of the posh restaurants in Thohoyandou.
The caption was simply titled: "It is water under the bridge", implying that they had smoked the peace pipe.
This took many by surprise as they had anticipated the end of the relationship between the two friends and the other artists.
"There is no bad blood between me, artists and Ndou as many might have thought. The thing is, there are people who felt very much uncomfortable on learning that I received funding from the Arts Council. They at all costs felt entitled to it and wanted to have a piece of the cake without contributing anything on the basis that they are my friends," said Vendaboy Poet.
"When I did not accede to their advances, they started a campaign of spreading malicious gossip about me. I sat down with all the artists and we talked [about] the issues and everything is sorted and it is all systems go for the event," he added.
Without going into specifics, Vendaboy said some misunderstandings had arisen between him and Muvenda Ndou, which they had sat down and ironed out. "Muvenda is a good man with good working ethics. We are back together with the artists, working together and ensuring that we give the best out of the forthcoming show. There is no bad feelings here, and all is water under the bridge as we are brothers and sisters in the arts," he said.
He concluded by apologising to the Limpopo Mirror for the rude manner his publicist had responded to questions sent to him.
Businessman Muvenda Ndou confirmed they had met and sorted out the challenges they had experienced.